LJU4801 ASSIGNMENT 2 SEMESTER 1 2022

LJU4801 Assignment 2 Semester
1
2022




QUESTION 1


Give a summary of the author’s viewpoint on the emerging trends of Ubuntu
jurisprudence in South Africa. Make sure you concentrate on legal philosophy and not so
much legislation or court decisions. (Max word count 200.)

Kamga shows that the African notion of Ubuntu is a source of law in South Africa. It had
informed the interim Constitution and then the final Constitution and had been at the
centre of the South African jurisprudence.1

Kamga examines how the African notion of Ubuntu had been incorporated into the South
African national legal system in order to foster respect for 'modern' human rights or to
ensure that human rights are culturally embedded within the South African society.2




1
Kamga, S., D. (2018). Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa, African Human Rights Law Journal 18 (2): 625.
2
Kamga, S., D. (2018). Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa, African Human Rights Law Journal 18 (2): 626.